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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBobby Jindal Says America Needs Educated Population, Slashes Education Budget
Louisiana Governor and likely presidential candidate Bobby Jindal told a conservative audience in DC on Wednesday that public education is a fundamental pillar of American democracy.
Why is it important to fund and support public education? he asked the attendees of the American Principles Projects conference. Because if we want to keep the republic we have, our republic can only be as good as our citizens. So we need an educated population with critical thinking skills. We need to train citizens to be responsible, functioning adults. I always hear from parents, from the Chamber of Commerce, from business groups that weve got to fund education.
But Jindal, whose mother studied at Louisiana State University after immigrating from India, is currently trying to cut the budget of the state colleges by as much as $300 million nearly a third of the systems current budget.
Officials in Louisiana on both sides of the aisle are blasting Jindals proposed budget cuts, saying they would cripple the states public higher education.
Why is it important to fund and support public education? he asked the attendees of the American Principles Projects conference. Because if we want to keep the republic we have, our republic can only be as good as our citizens. So we need an educated population with critical thinking skills. We need to train citizens to be responsible, functioning adults. I always hear from parents, from the Chamber of Commerce, from business groups that weve got to fund education.
But Jindal, whose mother studied at Louisiana State University after immigrating from India, is currently trying to cut the budget of the state colleges by as much as $300 million nearly a third of the systems current budget.
Officials in Louisiana on both sides of the aisle are blasting Jindals proposed budget cuts, saying they would cripple the states public higher education.
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/02/05/3619958/bobby-jindal-education-speech/
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Bobby Jindal Says America Needs Educated Population, Slashes Education Budget (Original Post)
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Feb 2015
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onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)1. All hat no cattle- typical republicons.
spanone
(135,844 posts)2. he also agrees with giuliani regarding Obama not loving america.
he's a pathetic politician. http://theadvocate.com/news/11657082-123/bobby-jindal-called-rudy-guiliani
onecaliberal
(32,864 posts)3. He's too stupid to realize his party hates his brown skinned brethren.
He's definitely demonstrated that he doesn't give two shits about the people in his state.